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Pacers outwork Knicks in Game 1

NEW YORK (AP) -- Carmelo Anthony promised adjustments, and he knows where they start.

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The New York Knicks felt they were outworked even more than outplayed in a 102-95 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday that put them in a 1-0 hole in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

"You take out the Xs and Os of the game, they just flat-out played harder than we did," Anthony said.

David West scored 20 points and Paul George added 19 for the Pacers, who outrebounded the Knicks 44-30, showing the smaller team that in the rugged East, size does matter.

"I thought guys did a good job just putting them on their heels," West said. "We were attacking, we were aggressive."

Beaten on the boards and beaten to loose balls, the Knicks gave away home-court advantage they fought all season to secure and will have to hope for a split in Game 2 on Tuesday.

"We shouldn't have a problem getting up for a playoff game. For whatever reason, that's the way it looked," center Tyson Chandler said. "They got the best of us."

D.J. Augustin had 16 points for the Pacers, who built a 16-point lead while Anthony was on the bench in foul trouble in the third quarter, and easily held on to spoil the Knicks' first second-round game since 2000.

Anthony finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds, but was frustrated by the Pacers' tough defense and by the referees.

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He shot 10 of 28 from the field and was perhaps thrown out of sync having to defend West, a natural power forward, inside.

"Right now they're just being really physical with him, they're trying to bang him, they're trying to frustrate him," Knicks point guard Raymond Felton said. "But we're going to be fine, he's going to be fine."

Thunder 93, Grizzlies 91

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Derek Fisher turned a tough situation for the Oklahoma City Thunder into the worst-case scenario for the Grizzlies.

With the Thunder down by one in the final minute, Fisher poked the ball away from Memphis' Mike Conley, springing three-time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant into the open court with a chance to put Oklahoma City on top.

Durant pulled up and connected on a jumper with 11.1 seconds left for the last of his 35 points, lifting the Thunder to a victory over the Grizzlies on Sunday in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.

"I just wanted to get up the floor as quick as possible and find a shot," said Durant, who finished second in league MVP voting announced Sunday. "That was the only shot I could find and, by the grace of God, it went in."

Game 2 is Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.

Thabo Sefolosha kept the Grizzlies from going back ahead, deflecting a pass that Conley was able to corral -- but only after diving out of bounds.

Reggie Jackson then hit a pair of free throws for a three-point lead, and Quincy Pondexter couldn't force overtime after getting fouled while attempting a 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left.

Pondexter, a 72 percent career free-throw shooter, missed the first free throw. He made his second attempt before intentionally missing the third, but Durant was able to swat the rebound away and Marc Gasol's attempt at a buzzer-beater was late.

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